Now they could rove at will among the stars, and sink like a subtle mist through the very interstices of space.

Excerpt from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C Clarke

Think of how you live, work, and play. How much time do you spend in virtual spaces? More than you realize. Whether you’re hanging out in Discord, playing World of Warcraft, or committing code to GitHub, you likely experience more of the virtual world than you do the physical.

You’re not alone in this movement.

Right now, billions of people around the world are collectively forming new virtual nations. Communities built around shared interests and causes, whether creative, entrepreneurial, artistic, or otherwise. You’re probably part of many already – you just don’t know it. Yet.

And what might you achieve in these interconnected, borderless communities? Anything is possible: forge new relationships, build wealth, share ideas, or live a life without limits. When you break your physical chains, you’re free to do anything, to be whoever you want to be.

But we’re not there yet.

Like physical nations, virtual nations need infrastructure to function independently. Think governance, economies, institutions, and systems that support the free exchange of goods, services, and ideas.

Who’ll build this infrastructure?

You can. You and your community are the architects, and we, Rove, provide the building blocks, the raw materials to make your vision a reality.

Creating a virtual nation might sound daunting. When your community numbers in the thousands, or tens of thousands, your tech stack must support networking, audio, and rendering at scale and across multiple devices.

Your virtual economy also needs a monetary policy. For example, how will you trade and store the wealth you create?

To solve such large, complex problems, you must first start small and then iterate. We’ll help you build a space for your community in the metaverse – the seed of your virtual nation. Then add new features, experiences, and people as you scale.

Build Worlds Without Limits

Rove gives you the tools and building blocks to start your own virtual nation and virtual economy. You don’t need to write a single line of code. Start with our blueprints and foster a community and culture around them.

We can also help you create avatars, the citizens of your virtual nation. Avatars contribute to your economy and might also have a say in how it’s run. One community member may create multiple avatars – a walking human, a flying drone, and a swimming animal, for example.

In a virtual nation, people can be who and what they want to be. They might be born with extraordinary abilities, learn or acquire them. Virtual nations aren’t just about equality, but equity. Who you are and how much you have doesn’t matter. In a virtual nation, everyone has the same chance at success, prosperity, and achieving their dreams.

Trade Goods and Services

Your virtual nation functions like a physical one. You need land to build upon and to mine and harvest raw materials. You also need environments to erect architecture, and space for people to work, rest, and play. Trade will also play a critical role in growing your nation.

Every good or service you trade is powered by trustless smart contracts. No one interferes with the running of your virtual nation. You set the rules for your economy and the smart contracts manage the exchange of goods and services with zero margin for error.

With the characteristics of your world set, you can then focus on the experiences. What can you and your citizens do in your virtual world? Anything you like: Initial Metaverse Offerings (IMOs), art exhibitions, parties, games, conferences, sports, and much more.

Every Voice Counts

Your community as a whole determines how it functions. You set economic policy and the rules your citizens follow. Without the inefficiencies of the physical financial system, you’re free to create a sustainable, thriving economy that rewards utility and value.

You might deploy decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), economic applications that function without staff or physical premises. Your citizens might co-own and co-operate companies, guilds, nonprofits, or other institutions without ever renting an office.

Every economy needs a medium of exchange. In the physical world, it’s fiat, but your virtual nation can use any digital currency it likes. You might use cryptocurrencies like ETH, for example, or create an ERC-20 currency exclusive to your nation. Rove supports any choice your community makes.

As your nation grows, you might consider taxing economic activity to fund the development of your community. When citizens acquire or sell lands, for example, or trade digital art like NFTs, taxation rules could fuel growth and development of your virtual nation, improving it for everyone.

You might also consider funding initiatives yourself. Build startup incubators, issue grants and loans, and incentivize community involvement. The bigger your community, the larger your nation, and the more opportunities you and your citizens unlock.

How Your Virtual Nation Evolves

Physical nations are dynamic. They react to macroeconomic and socioeconomic factors that are outside of your control. While your virtual nation is resilient to such complex forces, expect it to change over time as you add new members and build better features. A static nation is a failed nation.

To that end, we’ve developed a roadmap that supports your virtual nation through three phases or epochs. First, you start with the basic building blocks of your world: create NFT-gated communities, mint and trade NFT-based 3D virtual homes, host live events, and exhibit and trade NFTs on the gallery floor.

Next, you unlock user-generated content. Create and import your own 3D avatars and environments. Trade 3D NFTs. Organize community games and sports challenges that you can also record live. The second epoch immerses your community in new experiences and builds the scaffolds for future expansion.

Finally, the third epoch empowers your community with governance and fiscal policy tools. You’ll be able to create a DAO to govern your virtual nation, open virtual commerce (v-commerce), create your own currencies, and lots more. Without these tools, your virtual nation won’t scale or reach its potential.

3 Stages Approach:

Now : Basic Tools to Launch your Virtual Nation

• Create a public or NFT-gated virtual world
• Mint, Own and Trade NFT-based 3D Homes
• Host Events in 3D environments
• Display, Buy and Sell NFT directly from your virtual homes

Next: Empowering User Generated Content

• Create or Import your own Avatars, 3D Environments
• Customize, Mint and Trade 3D NFTs
• Record and Share Immersive Virtual Experiences
• Organize Community Games and Sport Challenges in 3D environments

Future: Governance and Expansion

• Virtual Commerce
• Enable a DAO to govern your virtual nation
• Monetary and Fiscal tools (integrating existing currencies, enable native token, etc.)

Built on Tomorrow’s Technology

Rove is a network of interconnected virtual nations (metaverses) we call the multiverse. Our scalable, interoperable technology is the foundation of your virtual nation and will support everything you need to devise, construct, and operate it.

First, it’s massively scalable. We support proximity audio and rendering for tens of thousands of avatars – and we’re increasing that capacity over time. Rove is also an open, interoperable protocol. Bring your avatars, objects, and more without the need to rebuild or rehome.

Unlike ordinary space, Rove space is marked by four dimensions: x, y, z, and a fourth dimension for time. Travel to a space in the past and rewatch what happened there. The usual laws of physics don’t apply: time travel isn’t just possible, but encouraged.

You can access Rove from any device, including web, mobile, and VR headsets. Want to trade NFTs on your lunch break? Host an art exhibition? Fly a drone? Take a break from reality and enter your virtual nation anytime, anywhere.

Rove is a fully decentralized multiverse that its communities control, not the Rove platform. No one owns or operates your virtual nation. Only your community. You set the rules and our smart contracts execute them, without human interference and the potential for human error.

Building a virtual nation has never been easier. You don’t need to code and all world-building tools are free. Start with easy-to-customize blocks (templates) and then build from there. Even the longest journeys start with the first step. Your virtual nation starts with Rove.

A Token That Rewards Community Contribution

Building your virtual nation on Rove benefits our ecosystem as well as its many participants. When you create meaningful value for our community, we reward you with our native cryptocurrency, the Rove Token (ROVE). No arbitrary token sales here. Just community-driven tokenomics that rewards contribution.

The goal is to put ROVE into the hands of people who deserve it. Your virtual nation doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your presence in the multiverse affects other virtual nations. You help shape our multiverse, how it looks, what it does, and how we can improve it for everyone. That deserves a reward.

Your virtual nation might also create its own token to integrate into your virtual economy. While that might sound like a cosmetic feature, customized tokens can strengthen your community brand and symbolize your values. Think of bitcoin’s cachet or ethereum’s utility. What will your token stand for?

Principles

• Decentralized decision making

• User ownership

• Organic order (User Generated Content)

• Composability (compounding world building/growth)

• Openness

• Simplicity (ease of use, make it as simple as possible, just really good UX)

  Come build with us. We’re excited about all the things you’ll build, all the stories you’ll tell, and all the places you’ll go.

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  About Rove

  Rove provides building blocks for NFT communities and creators to build, own and have fun in the 3D worlds.

  We understand it’s not easy to build a metaverse from scratch, let alone make it thrive.

  Therefore, we want to make it very easy for communities and creators to build their own virtual nations: create unique and immersive experiences, forge communities of like-minded people in interactive environments and exciting activities. Erect cities, host parties, have AMAs and fly through space together. Your world, your people, your rules.

  Get Rove on:

  • Browser: rove.to 
  • AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rove-a-new-way-to-metaverse/id1617794489
  • PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=to.rove.app.mobile